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Cal Raleigh's RBI single in 10th inning gives Mariners 1-0 win over Yankees
SEATTLE (AP) — George Kirby wanted to atone after getting rocked the last time he stepped on the mound for Seattle. Facing the team he grew up loving only amplified his emotions. Cal Raleigh made sure Kirby's terrific performance didn't go to waste. Raleigh’s...
LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties
NEW YORK (AP) — The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the U.S. and some parts of the world, a season to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against recent attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. This year’s Pride takes...
Canha, Carrasco lead Mets to 4-1 win over slumping Phillies
NEW YORK (AP) — While the New York Mets are finally hitting their stride on the mound, the Philadelphia Phillies are still stumbling at the plate. Mark Canha homered and drove in four runs to lead Carlos Carrasco and the Mets past the slumping Phillies 4-1 on Wednesday night. ...
Yankees say there's a chance Stanton, Donaldson, Kahnle could return in LA
SEATTLE (AP) — Yankees manager Aaron Boone said “it’s definitely in play,” that the trio of Josh Donaldson, Giancarlo Stanton and Tommy Kahnle could return to New York's active roster this weekend in Los Angeles. Boone wasn’t willing to definitely say Wednesday that the...
Mike Pence will launch his presidential campaign in Iowa on June 7
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will officially launch his long-expected campaign for the Republican nomination for president in Iowa next week, adding another candidate to the growing GOP field and putting him in direct competition with his former boss. Pence will...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs says in lawsuit that spirits giant Diageo neglected his vodka and tequila brands
Rapper, producer and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs sued Diageo Wednesday, saying the spirits company didn’t make promised investments in his vodka and tequila brands and treated them as inferior “urban” products. The lawsuit, filed with the New York Supreme Court in...
Federal Reserve likely to skip interest rate hike at next meeting in June, officials signal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading Federal Reserve officials are sending out stronger signals that they will forego an interest rate increase at the central bank's next meeting in June, though they indicate hikes could resume later this year. “Skipping a rate hike at a coming meeting...
Trial opens for 3 charged with aiding Chinese campaign to pressure expats into returning home
NEW YORK (AP) — An American sleuth and two Chinese men faced jurors Wednesday in the first trial to come out of U.S. claims that China’s government has tried to harass, intimidate and arm-twist dissidents and others abroad into returning home. Michael McMahon, Zheng Congying and...
American Airlines says it will appeal a ruling that would break up a partnership with JetBlue
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines said Wednesday it will appeal a court decision that would force the airline to break up its partnership with JetBlue Airways in the Northeast. American and JetBlue face a late-June deadline to end the agreement in which they coordinate flights and...
Movie Review: The giddy splendor of 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'
Let's get this upfront: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was the best comic-book film of the last decade. With an animation blizzard blown straight in from the pages of comics, “Into the Spider-Verse” took a supercollider to all the conventions of the superhero movie....
